How to run Jupyter Hub (multi-user mode) using systemd

The following script will install Jupyter Hub in single user mode (i.e. only a single Linux user can login to Jupyter Hub using the web interface).

Prerequisites

First install Python & PIP, then NodeJS, then Jupyter Hub, then configurable-http-proxy :

curl -sL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_16.x | sudo -E bash -
sudo apt-get install -y nodejs python3-pip
sudo pip3 install jupyterhub
sudo npm i -g configurable-http-proxy

Installing the Jupyter Hub systemd service

Run the following script using sudo!

#!/bin/bash
# This script installs and enables/starts the JupyterHub systemd service
export NAME=JupyterHub

# Create service file
cat >/etc/systemd/system/${NAME}.service <<EOF
[Unit]
Description=${NAME}

[Service]
Type=simple
ExecStart=/usr/bin/env jupyterhub --port=11569
User=root
Group=root

Restart=on-failure
RestartSec=5s

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target
EOF

# Enable and start service
systemctl enable --now ${NAME}

This script will install a systemd service named JupyterHub autostart it on boot. It is running on port 11569 by default.